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It looks like it was released somewhat early in the system's lifecycle. It's not a huge discrepancy so I imagine that might have something to do with it given the number of used copies that should be available as later buyers came in.

I seem to recall DQV was also criticized at the time for it's visuals. I'm not sure if that impacted sales ior not but it was described as looking like a more colorful Famicom game and was dissapointing when compared to Square's efforts releasing then (Romancing SaGa, FFV, Secret of Mana).

DQXI would give the PS4 a huge boost and have a positive effect on the entire Japanese console industry, and it would also help their other games considering SE are releasing FF15, KH3, DQH, and future FF's on PS4.

And by the time DQXI is released in 2016 who even knows how well the 3DS will be doing or if the successor will be out.

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I think for story driven RPGs it's pretty much one or the other. If it's not a MMO, multiplayer is significantly less meaningful. A game could support it, but the core focus would still be the single player experience.

DQIX did feel like the focus had been taken away from the single player experience though, even though it was still obstensibly story driven. Party members as mindless robots to enable customisable multiplayer experiences and a lesser focus on the story compared to previous iterations.

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I hope no one thought that the president of Sony Japan would fall over himself and make a huge deal at the end of a conference just for a spinoff DQ. The only question that remains is whether it is going to be ps4 exclusive or multiplat with ps3 or any nintendo systems. I personally think it is going to be ps4 exclusive considering ffxv and kh3 are going to be on new systems only. I guess Xbox one is a strong possibility as well if they consider global audience unless Sony signed a deal to help bring the title overseas along with marketing deal in exchange for exclusivity.

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DQIX did feel like the focus had been taken away from the single player experience though, even though it was still obstensibly story driven. Party members as mindless robots to enable customisable multiplayer experiences and a lesser focus on the story compared to previous iterations.

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I hope no one thought that the president of Sony Japan would fall over himself and make a huge deal at the end of a conference just for a spinoff DQ. The only question that remains is whether it is going to be ps4 exclusive or multiplat with ps3 or any nintendo systems. I personally think it is going to be ps4 exclusive considering ffxv and kh3 are going to be on new systems only. I guess Xbox one is a strong possibility as well if they consider global audience unless Sony signed a deal to help bring the title overseas along with marketing deal in exchange for exclusivity.

If all DLC came tied to $13 figurines, I'd consider all DLC to be free

And DQXI has to ? DQX just sold about a million and its still a mainline title. DQXI will be their big anniversary titles and Horii want to recreate a single player experience on console ala DQ8. Betting on Sony consoles seems like the right thing to do, WiiU is a failure and the Xbox irrelevant.

Investors cant and wont do shit because SE made sure that they have their content in growing markets like mobile in space before announcing their big exclusive console games. They arent nearly as depended on one system as before and even DQXI PS4 will probably run on other devices via stream a couple of months after its release.

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While I'm not going to do every game since that's a bit time consuming and they usually get threads or information in the thread anyway, would people still like me to cover the newer mobile games (especially the bigger ones) as they get announced?

I ask since I notice some previews are starting to come out about what people actually showed off in TGS conferences on the mobile front, since most places focused on console game reporting at the actual time.

I might do a slightly different format since I can't read Japanese and some of these are probably better explained in a different format. I can try to do a more informative job with less titles to boot.

Since I dumped this right in the middle of the every popular and fast moving Dragon Quest XI platform debate, I just wanted to double check that there was no interest.

I definitely understand if there isn't, given we rarely get sales numbers and very few people play them (or for a lot of titles, even can due to localization), but in case it got buried in the rush I felt I should ask one more time.

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!

Since I dumped this right in the middle of the every popular and fast moving Dragon Quest XI platform debate, I just wanted to double check that there was no interest.

I definitely understand if there isn't, given we rarely get sales numbers and very few people play them (or for a lot of titles, even can due to localization), but in case it got buried in the rush I felt I should ask one more time.

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Since I dumped this right in the middle of the every popular and fast moving Dragon Quest XI platform debate, I just wanted to double check that there was no interest.

I definitely understand if there isn't, given we rarely get sales numbers and very few people play them (or for a lot of titles, even can due to localization), but in case it got buried in the rush I felt I should ask one more time.

If all DLC came tied to $13 figurines, I'd consider all DLC to be free

PS2 since it was the only viable home console at that point for such a game and Wii/PS3 were just launched/or about to launch. DS was also suggested, but since the series never was on handhelds...well you know.

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I think for story driven RPGs it's pretty much one or the other. If it's not a MMO, multiplayer is significantly less meaningful. A game could support it, but the core focus would still be the single player experience.

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And DQXI has to ? DQX just sold about a million and its still a mainline title. DQXI will be their big anniversary titles and Horii want to recreate a single player experience on console ala DQ8. Betting on Sony consoles seems like the right thing to do, WiiU is a failure and the Xbox irrelevant.

Investors cant and wont do shit because SE made sure that they have their content in growing markets like mobile in space before announcing their big exclusive console games. They arent nearly as depended on one system as before and even DQXI PS4 will probably run on other devices via stream a couple of months after its release.

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DQXI will definitely be on PS4 as I said previously, but there's no way they'll ignore handheld/mobile either, new 3ds has a bit more power, so streaming to it will be more possible and since its a single player, there shouldn't be any problems with it, not as much as an mmo like DQX did. They're already building the fanbase on 3ds/mobile and now the PS4 with DQ heroes, I see that as them saying all 3 platforms are important.

Only question will be whether it'll be exclusive or not at release, exclusivity at first improves the chance of double dip, but with a game like DQ that will be negligible, so I think multiplatform simultaneous release will be far more likely. I also think the chance of exclusivity on release also increases depending on whether which platform sells the most in the new few years.

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Not only is this not the normal developer-publisher relationship because Koei Tecmo is itself a publisher, but there's also a brand crossover here. It's really more like Mario & Sonic Olympics or Pokémon Conquest than it is a purely contracted game like Wonderful 101 or Metroid: Other M.

I'd agree KT likely has significantly more leeway than the usual contracted developer but that's more to do with who they are and what they bring than it is any deficit on Nintendo's part. And I'm not sure they even bring enough bargaining power to really have "the upper hand" either.

I think the musou style/gameplay warrants them some leeway in regards to their portion of the profits. Nintendo publishing it in the west doesn't change that, since its still a Zelda title and having the Nintendo logo on it makes more sense than KT.

No. I just think awarding Hyrule Warriors as having the best Warriors debut this gen is a bit pointless when the competition is a bunch of late ports. When you compare the game to all Warriors post-2012, its sales aren't the best.

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That was my guess for awhile, but the fact that SE is going all in on the PS4 not just with DQ heroes, but also all their biggest franchises, means PS4 is just as likely. Western sales will likely be better on the PS4 than the 3DS also.

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That was my guess for awhile, but the fact that SE is going all in on the PS4 not just with DQ heroes, but also all their biggest franchises, means PS4 is just as likely. Western sales will likely be better on the PS4 than the 3DS also.

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I think how much they expect from a game depends on what the game is. Without knowing exactly what sort of title is being planned, and the specifics of the business strategy, making a wild guess on specific sales expectations is extremely foolish and pointless.

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DQXI is gonna be on PS4, people stop kidding yoselves. If and when the game actually comes out, 3DS will be a last gen device(+2016, SE high profile games have an immense long announce to actual launh periods, don't expect it anytime soon), PS4 will be in its prime years, having received price cuts, Slim console, Morpheus, DQ Heroes, FFXV.